Worthless without Pics

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Tue May 26, 2009 3:14 pm

First the bad news: my camera ate my homework. I had weeks of photos on my camera, including the entire process of restoring the Gibson ES125. Need I even continue? Well, I tried to continue the clown (cherry) burst all the way around, and cover over not only the BIG hole, but also the little holes on the top. I used Fender blonde (with amber on top) to mask the clear amber with an opaque amber--to hide the drill holes and chisels were, and then Dakota around the edge.

It might have worked,

had I separated each color with two coats of clear. That would make it possible to wet sand the spit edges of whichever color was on top without getting into the stuff underneath. Mixed together, they melted nicely, but I could not control the wet sand, and ended up exposing the clear amber (and beautiful cracks). Upon seeing the real amber, I decided the whole thing looked a bit like a Coney island ball toss or a tarted up madam. The blonde was believable, but stiff looking. So what the hell, I painted the front of it Chuck Berry red. It is almost spectacular.

I also drilled the Mandocaster for the neck and a string through bridge, and drilled the Gretsch Corvette TOM bridge. I couldn't find any reliable info on bit sizes, so I figured out how to determine them myself. I am no Robert, Cooterfinger, Zion, Aug, or DDDave, but I fucking drilled some straight up holes, and it feels like a superpower. I owe it all to many mistakes and having a drill press. OMG mahogany is a pleasure to work with. The holes are as crisp as factory. Once the torrential rain stops, I will be painting the Gibson clears, Corvette red, Mando Fiesta, and a few possible dark horse surprise guitars to be named later. If Malik's legendary Teleguar ever arrives, we can break out teh ORANGE!

I will post new aftermath pics as soon as I can get some--maybe tonight.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Tue May 26, 2009 3:21 pm

Chuck Berry red sounds nice. Looking forward to the pic's. Did you get your WiFi fixed then?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue May 26, 2009 5:37 pm

looking forward to seeing this.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Tue May 26, 2009 5:41 pm

It was all on Verizon's end. They told us they could see out router and both machines, but no signal out. Something to do with cross-switching. The tech said they should have caught it early in the process. He had to call the same automated system that customers do, and he said sometimes the other techs either don't know or won't help.

But now, yeah. FiOS is fassst! And they gave us a newer router. I guess we can either try to hook up the 80211.N that we bought or enjoy the 80211.G they gave us and take it back for later. Save some dough.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Tue May 26, 2009 6:54 pm

DGNR8 wrote:I also drilled the Mandocaster for the neck and a string through bridge, and drilled the Gretsch Corvette TOM bridge. The holes are as crisp as factory.

I've got to drill for a string through on my DuoSonic project and I'm a bit nervous about it. I'm going to use a drill press but still. I haven't made any screw ups on this body so the pressure is on. Maybe I won't crash right at the finish line.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Fri May 29, 2009 1:25 am

WTF lazyface, post some pictures of that red Gibson already.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri May 29, 2009 2:21 am

PICS OR IT HAPPENED AND YOU JUST DIDN'T TAKE PICS

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Fri May 29, 2009 12:55 pm

Sorry--knee deep in work at work. I also made strides on Gretsch Corvette and Mandocaster. Hang on a while longer.

bassintom · Post by **bassintom** » Fri May 29, 2009 1:45 pm

Chris is teasing us.I know it.He'll suddenly pull all kinds of awesome shit out and our minds will be blown for summer.

Worthless without Pics

Worthless without Pics

Re: Worthless without Pics